Arlo

Where Arlo comes from

From Italian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Arlo
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1850
    Arlo Bates born
    American writer
  2. 1899
    First appearance
    #1,051 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1947
    Arlo Guthrie born
    American folk singer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #146
    2,490 babies named Arlo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Arlo Guthrie · American folk singer, born 1947
  • Arlo Bates · American writer, 1850–1918
  • Arlo U. Landolt · American astronomer, 1935–2022
  • Arlo Eisenberg · American inline skater, born 1973
  • Arlo White · British sports broadcaster, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.